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A spokeswoman for Gatwick Airport said: "A British Airways flight that was inbound from Naples to London Gatwick landed with a technical fault, which resulted in the aircraft stopping on the runway whilst an inspection of the aircraft took place.

"During this time, our runway remained temporarily unavailable while we switched over to our stand-by runway.

"As a result of the runway being unavailable, a number of aircraft diverted away from Gatwick."

A spokeswoman for British Airways added: "Our flight landed safely after our pilots requested a priority landing as a precaution after a technical fault.

"The safety of our customers and crew is always our top priority, and our engineers are currently conducting a thorough check of the aircraft." Download our all-new mobile app to get the latest news, sport and what's on. Click here for iPhone and here for Android